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T. WEAVER Whip-Socket. No 67,237. Patented July 30. 18-67.

T.WEA'VER, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 67,237, dated July'30, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT. IN WHIP SOGKET.

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Be it known that I, T. WEAVER, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements on 8. Locking Whip-Socket and Line-Holder combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, with whip-stock butt inserted, with the lock looked, a part of the tube being removed to show the parts of lock.

Figures 2 and 3 are side elevations.

Figure 4 is a top view of two massed rings, forming a part of line-holder and lock respectively.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a brace, or saddle-shaped clasp Figure 6 is a top view of locking-thimble, with the rubber, fig. 15, removed.

Figure 7 is a perspective viewof lockingthimble' inverted, with tumblers and key removed, which are shown in perspective, figs. 10, 11, and 12.

Figure 8 is a top view of a clasp for carriage post or side board of box.

Figure 13 is a top view of disk at top of socket-tube, in two sections, for the insertion of the hour-glass shaped sleeve shown in fig. 14.

Figure 15 is a top view ofa removable clutch.

Construction and Operation.

I construct my socket-tnbe in two sections. or halves, flared or widened to form a chamber for the introduc-' tiom of alooli. One section has solidly attached to it two clutches, asshown at C C, figs. 1 and 3, which are :to'othed on their inner circle at 1, 2, 3, 4. When the socket-tube is made'of vulcanized rubber, or material which would not afford strength enough to make a clutch, the clutch isniade of metal, in the form shown in fig. 15, with a dove-tail hold, R, to enter a slot between the sections of the socket-tube h It, which is held in place by the action of the brace shown in fig. 5, at Q, fig. 1. This brace is used in either form. of clutches to hold the sections of tube together by means of two sets of logs, J J, fig. 5, which impinge on two inclined slides, O O, figs. 1 and 3. These lugs also guidethe descent of the brace from the wider place above'the slides, made so for easier insertion of the brace. The reverse side next to the .rail of the dash has notched curved surface E, 1, 2, 3, 4, fig..5. When the clutches are inserted around the rail of dash, the socket-tube then comes near enough to the said rail or rodtoleave slightly less space than the middle of the brace, fig. 5, which being driven down in said space impinges sharply with its teeth 1, 2, 3, 4, on the rod or leather covering, its shoulders forming part of circle around the rod, thus assisting the teeth 1, 2, 3, 4, on clutches C C, figs. 1 and 15, which impinge on the rod from oppositeside, to hold the socket firmly in place to resist the tension of the line-holder .on opposite side of the socket. After the brace is driven down it'is arrested by a stop, S, fig. 1, from going out of the slides, and its ascent is prevented by the screw E, which passes through the brace, and its point is buried in the leather around rod of dash on the left side. The screw is driven through an aperture, Y, on opposite side oftnbe, and may pass through any one of arow of holes marked 9 9 9 9 9 9, fig. 3. Said screw cannot be removed when the whip is locked in the tube; it is therefore a locking-fastening to dash. When the socket is to be mounted on a carriage post. or on the side of a box of vehicle, the brace, fig. 5, is modified into the form shown in fig. 8, having a curve, S to fit post or indent the box side, and being provided with two lugs, h it, to clasp the sections. of. socket-tube together as before'describedh When this brace is in place, as at L, fig. 3, it is prevented from going upward by the flare of the socket-tube, and prevented from coming down by the screw z, which is driven through the socket as before described, and impinges against lower edge of brace amt-6. The-point of screw, entering the post or side of box, holds the brace and socket in place,- and cannothe removed until whip is removed from socket, and is therefore also a locking fastening. When the socket is mounted on the rod or rail of a carriage seat which runs in a-horizontal direction there is added an additional brace, sho'wn at 5, fig. 3. This'has likewise two lugs, 1th, to hold it in an upright position, a curve to form the circular space '1 for the insertion of the seat rail, a recess at 6 for the receptionof a nut, which the screw 2 enters from inside ofsocket-tubeas before. The not cannot be removed from'the outside, asthe shoulders on brace prevent its being turned. This, therefore, is a locking fastening On the opposite side of theel'utches C C is a basp, shown at Y, fig. 1. This consists of a shoulder on the base of the hook H, and a recurved tongue on opposite section of the tube, fitting said shoulder. Thisvhasp acts in combination with either form ofbrace above described. To cause the two sections of the tube to meet exactly and to preserve an exact circle for the locking-thimble, two wire bands, shown at V K, fig. 1, are passed around the tube near the clutches C C. These being twisted and soldered at the place where the socket-tube touches the dash or post, or side of box, form also an ornamentalv head around the tube, and hold the parts together until the socket is mounted. The hook H, in

combination with the ring A, fig. 1, constitutes the line-holder. The lines are doubled,-and the doubledendis passed through the ring a and hooked on the hook H, The lock consists of the notched ring 13, fig. 4; the thimble, figs. 6 and 7; the tumblers, figs. 10 and11, and the key, fig. 12. The ring B has rectangular notches,

a b c d, on its outer circle, as shown in fig. 4, and two bearings, P P, to retain the ring in place in the bottom of the chamber, as shown at the points P P, fig. 1. The thimble, shown in figs. 6 and 7, has on its upper' surface a depressed place, G, deep-enough to receive a suitable slip of leather, gum, or cloth, shaped as shown in fig. 15, and has a flaring, rim, which is toothed, on the part marked G, for biting and holding the one end of said rubber material, while the other end is hit and held by npothcr set of teeth marked 1 2 3' 4, fig. 7, on the under edge of the short side of the thimble. The top has -also a handle, H, for revolving the thimble easily in its chamber, and a stop, S, to limit its revolution, by coming against the top disk F, fig. 1. The underside of the thimble has ledges, R V A, for the erection and retention of the tumblers shown in figs. 10 and 11, and a groove for the insertion and poising of key marked 13, fig. 7. All these ledges are on the outside of the short side of the thimble, a chamber being formed for the tumblers by the side being short. The recesses O O, figs. 10 and 11, fit the ledge R; the other ends of the tumblers rest against and slide on the ledge V. The points of the tumblers marked D D, figs. 10 and 11, have two benches, x 5;. :1: enters the notches in the ring, fig. 4, and :r rests on the upper edgevof the ring to prevent its falling at an irregular depth in the ring, as shown in fig. 1. The tumblers are of proper thickness to fill the space between the thimble and the socket-tube. The tumbler in fig. 11 has a stop, P, which prevents its beinglifted high enough to lift the tumbler above it by other means than the key. The stop P'slides up between the upper tumbler and the short side of the thimble, and is stopped by coming against the top part near the keyhole. It is plain that thetumblers', being thus independentin their action, and dependent on the wards m n of key, fig. 12, thelock cannot easily be picked through the key-hole, while the short side of the, thimble is made to extend deeper into the tube of socket, thus forming a shield for the tumblers against picking from the inside. The approaches to the key-hole of the tumblers are inclined on the under side, so that by turning thekey the wards lift them in a vertical direction and bring the points out of the line of the notch in the ring, fig. 4. The notch in said" ring may be on one or two benches,

as shown in fig. 3 at 11 and 12. The disk F, figs. 1 and 2, has its side next the whip-stock smooth, while the opposite or farther edge is toothed to receive a covering of leather, gum, or other material, in such a manner that the action of the whip cannot strip or move it towards the middle of the disk. The disk is also raised above the edge of the tube to permit the free motion of the flange on the thimble. When a guru rubber is used to clothe the disk F, fig. 1, it is made inthe form of a narrow sleeve tapered from the'nds to the middle, and is put on the disk through a breach in the disk, as shown at W, fig, 13, the parts of the disk being placed on different parts of the socket-tube. It will'thus be seen that both the disk and that part of lock which comes against the whip-stock are provided with a suitable material to prevent rubbing or defacing the whip. When.

the lock is unlocked, which is done by turning the key, it remains unlocked, and the thimble can be turned freely either way until the key is turned back, and then it is locked at all points that suit different sizes of whip-stocks.

I disclaim the construction of the thimble, as that has valready been broadly claimed by my patent ante dated August 13, 1866; nor do I claim the locking device combined with said thimble of Said'date, but as improvements on it and other parts of socket, I desire to secure other c'ombinations and devices by Letters Patent, as set forth below.

1. I claim a whip-socket in sections, flared or widened at a place suitable for the insertion of a locking.

device or line-holder, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A whip-socket provided with a set of single clutches rigidly attached or removable, to grip the rod in a dash, in combination with a brace, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The mode of preventing the revolution of a socket at its bearings ona. rod, by meanspf the indented arcs 1 2 3 4, in figs. 1 and 5, for the purpose specified.

4. The locking fastening, as shown in figs. 3 and 8, and otherwise described.

5. The combination of the bands V K, V K, with a socket for the purpose specified.

6. The slides a 0, the holes 9 9 9 9, fig. 3, in combination with the'brace, fig. 5, and the screw E, for the purpose herein specified.

7. The combination of a tumbler or tumblers with a locking-thimble provided with a flange at top, the teeth 1 3 3 4, key-hole g, key-guard 13, the toothed lock shield 1 2 3 4, the ledges R V A, handle H, stop S, when made to operate by a key, as herein set forth.

8. The combination of the subjects of the seventh claim with a circle of notches as shown in fig. 4, or with two circles, as shown at 12, fig. 3, for the purpose herein set forth.

9. The combination of a ring A with a hook, H, for the purpose specified.

10. Clothing 01" covering the parts of a lock that come in contact with a whip-stock in a socket with a suitable material, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

11. I claim inserting a key in a vertical or upright position in a. whip lock, as shown in fig. 1.

THEOS. WEAVER.

Witnesses S. E. ZOLLINGER, Geo. W. SHOOP. 

